Pashto Numbers

If you're trying to learn Pashto Numbers which is also called Pashtu, check our courses about Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers... to help you with your Pashto grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Pashto. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

Pashto Numbers

Learning the Pashto Numbers is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Pashto language. But first we need to know what the role of Numbers is in the structure of the grammar in Pashto.

Pashto cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Here are some examples:

English Numbers

Pashto Numbers

numbers

shemar (hesab) - شمیر (حساب)

one

yew - يو

two

dewh - دوه

three

der - درې

four

celwer - څلور

five

penzh - پنځه

six

shepẓ̌ - شپږ

seven

awewh - اووه

eight

ath - اته

nine

nhh - نهه

ten

les - لس

eleven

yewwels - يوولس

twelve

dewles - دولس

thirteen

daar les - دیار لس

fourteen

cewar les - څوار لس

fifteen

penzh les - پنځه لس

sixteen

shepaṛs - شپاړس

seventeen

awewh les - اووه لس

eighteen

at les - ات لس

nineteen

newles - نولس

twenty

shel - شل

hundred

sel - سل

one thousand

zer - زر

million

malawen - میلیون

Notice the structure of the Numbers in Pashto.

List of Ordinal Numbers in Pashto

Pashto Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Pashto. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Pashto vocabulary.

English Numbers

Pashto Numbers

Ordinal Numbers

asem meshetq zeyat shemer - اسم مشتق زيات شمېر

first

lewmṛa - لومړی

second

dewhem - دوهم

third

deram - دریم

fourth

celwerm - څلورم

fifth

penzem - پنځم

sixth

shepẓ̌m - شپږم

seventh

awewm - اووم

eighth

atem - اتم

ninth

nhem - نهم

tenth

lesm - لسم

eleventh

ew lesm - ېو لسم

twelfth

dewh lesm - دوه لسم

thirteenth

deyar lesm - ديار لسم

fourteenth

cewar lesm - څوار لسم

fifteenth

penzh lesm - پنځه لسم

sixteenth

shepaṛsem - شپاړسم

seventeenth

awewh lesm - اووه لسم

eighteenth

ath lesm - اته لسم

nineteenth

newlesm - نولسم

twentieth

shelm - شلم

once

yew zel - يو ځل

twice

dewh zelh - دوه ځله

Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers have a very important role in Pashto. Once you're done with the Pashtu Numbers, you might want to check the rest of our Pashto lessons here: Learn Pashto. Don't forget to bookmark this page.